Improvement in folding tables



J. B. TERRY. Folding-Table.

No.-209,940 rammed Nov. 12,1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

- JOHN BOSTWIOK TERRY, OF lTHAOA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO SEWALL D. THOMPSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,940, dated November12, 1878 application filed August 19, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. TERRY, of Ithaca, Tompkins county, New York,have invented an Improved Folding Table, of which the following is aspecification, reference bein ,9; had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My object is to make a folding table easily adjusted, standing firmlywhen unfolded or set up, and-well adapted to the uses of such tables;and my invention relates to the hinging, securing, and folding of thelegs of the table on the long or diagonal braces that make a part of thetable, as will be apparent as I describe it.

Figure l is a side elevation of my table erected or set up. Fig. 2 showsthe same when folded. Fig. 3 is the end view of the two legs at the headof the table.

In the figures, a is the table-board,.and b the long or diagonal braces,hinged to each other and 0 indicates a pair of legs, hinged to thebraces b near the head of the table, and c a like pair of legs, hingedalso to the said braces near the foot of the table. The legs 0, whenunfolded, reach from the braces b to the floor, and the legs 0, whenunfolded, reach up and sustain the foot of the board a. These legs foldinto the braces in apertures or spaces of their size made in the bracesb, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus their sides so fit as to make, whenfolded, a part of the outline-of the diagonal braces. The legs 0 c arehinged to the braces b, as seen at d d, Fig. 1, and their only motion isto open from or close upon the braces, the legs of each pair beingconnected in pairs by rounds, (seen in Fig. 3,) and by crossed bracesff, Fig. 3, or cross-braces e c, Fig. 1. To each of thelegs are attachedmetallic straps or plates 1', which have longitudinal slots in them,&c., and their only motion is to open from or close upon the braces, thelegs being connected in pairs by the rounds e e,and by two cross-braces,f f, as seen in Fig. 3. To each of the legs, as seen at c c, areattached metallic straps or plates 'i, which have longitudinal slots andnotohesj in them, in which a headed pin, it, slides. When the table isunfolded these straps or plates hold the legs fast, and when the tableis folded they lie parallel to the braces I), as shown in Fig. 2. Thus Imake a table easily folded and unfoled, and fully adapted to thepurposes of such tables.

The advantages and uses of my invention are apparent to those skilled inthe art to which it appertains.

I claim'- 1. The diagonal braces b, recessed upon the edges to receivethe legs when folded, and provided with the headed pins n, incombination with the hinged legs a c and plates or straps 'i, the latterhaving notched slots j to engage with the pins n, as set forth.

2. In a folding table, the board a, diagonal braces b, legs a c, withtheir end braces e e, f f, the slotted straps or plates i, and pins n,constructed and operating as herein shown and described.

JOHN BOSTWIGK TERRY. Witnesses:

S. J. PARKER, E. A. WAGENER.

